Best of Golang — April 2023

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   Medium·3y

   How Go fixed everything that was wrong with programming

   Go is a programming language that provides a compromise between different programming preferences, offering advantages in terms of developer ergonomics, simplicity, and maintainability. It lacks certain features like object orientation with inheritance and exception throwing, but it excels in terms of time-to-market, performance, and being statically typed. The inventors of Go designed it to help young engineers avoid common mistakes and improve productivity.

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   Medium·3y

   ChatGPT and Junior developer

   The author explains how they benefit from using ChatGPT as a junior developer, including its help with syntax errors, clone projects, CSS, mentorship, and time-saving.

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   Community Picks·3y

   Writing an OS in Go: The Bootloader

   The post discusses the importance of the bootloader in an operating system, the differences between BIOS and UEFI, and alternative options for bootloaders.

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   Medium·3y

   Use Null Object Pattern Not Try/Catch Blocks

   The null object pattern is a design pattern used to handle the case when an object is null or undefined. The basic idea behind the pattern is to create a null object that has the same interface as the original object. This avoids the need to check for null objects in the code and simplifies the design.

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   ITNEXT·3y

   Cybersecurity in Go

   Cybersecurity in Go. Secure Your Application with 10 Golang Snippets. These functions are helpful whether you are developing a secure client-server app, an encrypted file system or a web app with SSL/TLS. Utilizing these functions can kickstart your project and guarantee that your systems are reliable and safe.

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